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  For plan sponsors, increased cyber threats to the retirement accounts of plan participants bring a rising risk of allegations of fiduciary breaches. Experts stress that to prevent “catastrophic results,” plan sponsors need to monitor…
Read Moreabout Prediction: More Cybersecurity Lawsuits

  Regulators at both the IRS and the DOL have been urging increased effort to address the challenge of missing participants and distribute benefits on schedule. Experts remind plan sponsors that diligent action is insufficient:…
Read Moreabout Missing Participants? Document The Search

  After the expenses of an estate are paid, and the assets specified in wills and trusts distributed, what remains unaccounted for is referred to as the residuary estate.  Books, furniture, jewelry, and other household…
Read Moreabout Residuary Estate?

  Unlike those running and hiding games we play in our youth, illness, capacity declines and death are real. Rather than avoiding them, estate planning is best–for the good of our own selves and everyone…
Read Moreabout Ready or Not…

  It’s certainly an understatement to say that attending to the high standards of ERISA results in plenty for retirement plan sponsors to take responsibility for. Fortunately, an Educational Policy Statement (EPS) is not a…
Read Moreabout Educational Policy Statement: Required?

  As protocols for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment options continue to be murky, a new class action complaint puts the spotlight on the fiduciary duty of prudence. Essentially, this latest class action lawsuit…
Read Moreabout Retirement Funds: Performance vs ESG

  ERISA, the Employment Retirement Security Act of 1974, established the standards governing employer sponsored retirement and health plans. For the protection of participants, ERISA considers sponsors fiduciaries and holds them to exceptionally high standards….
Read Moreabout ERISA 3(16) Fiduciary Explained

  Retirement plan participants are allowed to make catch-up contributions, but a question that arises in plan administration is: When does an employee salary deferral                     …
Read Moreabout Catch-up Contributions?

  When a loved one dies, their affairs need to be brought to closure, and the process of doing so is often referred to as estate administration. Read on for an overview of what to…
Read Moreabout Estate Administration?